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Introduction with a whole bunch of questions !!

Ok, I will do the introduction in this post as I have to explain some things prior to my noob questions.
And Iīm a complete noob to desert racing. At least to the part of being a driver myself.

Questions will come at the end of the text.

So letīs start......
Iīm Michael, (still) 47 and ( you probably didnīt noticed it by now) come from Germany.
I did some round course racing in a long distance series on the Nürburgring Nordschleife which is not far away.
After this became to expensive I did some small races, what you call rallycross. And I think I was quite good. I did a lot of good results there in my class.

But Iīm a bit bored now......... And since 8 years or so I own Jeeps. first a ZJ and now a JKU.
I also always loved Trophy Trucks.
I also visited the US for a couple of times and almost had the chance to work there..... but thatīs a different story.

A week ago someone in a Facebook travel group asked what to do in Vegas. And I looked and found a Prerunner/Trophy truck rental.
And they also said on their webpage ask for quotes for race packages...........

And thatīs the reason why Iīm here.
And now I will start with my questions..........

1. Licence
Iīm sure my FIA licence is nothing worth for those events ? Anyway I lost my international FIA one because the last years the races had only national status.
So what licence do I need how to get it ?? Or does a FIA licence count ??
2. Costs ??
The 6 hour rental of a trophy Truck was .... well not cheap but ok.
What would such an event cost ? Maybe not the largest one, not the Baja 1000 but a 250 mile race in a smaller vehicle ?
Does drivers share one car ? We did in the long distance races

I probably wonīt be racing this next year. Even not in 3 years but itīs a nice goal for the future. And before I buy a new race car here in Germany...... this might be another very interesting option......

1. Licence ......Too easy....just normal drivers licence
Iīm sure my FIA licence is nothing worth for those events ? Anyway I lost my international FIA one because the last years the races had only national status.
So what licence do I need how to get it ?? Or does a FIA licence count ??
2. Costs ??.....we can rent you a Jeepspeed Cherokee for one U.S. event plus one day training for $5000.
The 6 hour rental of a trophy Truck was .... well not cheap but ok.
What would such an event cost ? Maybe not the largest one, not the Baja 1000 but a 250 mile race in a smaller vehicle ?
Does drivers share one car ? We did in the long distance races

I probably wonīt be racing this next year. Even not in 3 years but itīs a nice goal for the future. And before I buy a new race car here in Germany...... this might be another very interesting option......

The licence thing is much easier then here in Germany..... We need FIA licence.... well a cheap small one but nontheless a FIA licence also for stuff liek rallycross.

The rental issue is like here. I think we start at 1000,- for round courses on dyi cars and multiple drivers. And the risk/damage is probably smaller.
So thatīs achievable (for me)

letīs spend the legacy........

Sound interesting and Iīm sure I will follow up on that.
Some additional questions form time to time to get more specific.

But I looked around in this forum. It doesnīt seem to be common that cars are rented?
In Germany itīs normal taht race cars are beeing hired for events or series.
Whole companies live from that..........